Finding a new instructor was 100 times harder than I expected it to be. After my old one went to Republic I started searching for a new one. Unfortunately, recently 4 of the best instructors (and of course all instrument instructors) left for the airlines leaving a huge shortage. I tried to get one before I left for a two week vacation but my many phone calls and visits had no return. So after a month, a lot of calls, and a few canceled lessons, I finally found an instructor, sort of. He is a Skywest pilot teaching at the school a couple days a week. The other day we hit the sim and reviewed DME arcs and holds to refresh myself after a month. The problem with this instructor is he is leaving for training in a few weeks (moving up from the turbo prob to the jet at Skywest) and he will be gone for a month or so. The good part is he will have a month off between training and IOE and offered to fly 4 times a week during that period. The challenge is finding another instructor for that month period he will be gone. Till then we are trying to fly twice a week to progress as fast as possible.